The Companion
The Companion

Author: Ann Granger

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2007-06-12

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1466823119

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"In the corners of the room the shadows cast velvety veils. It would not be too difficult to imagine someone stood there and watched. I thought of Madeleine Hexham.... I glanced around me. It was likely that I'd been given my predecessor's room and that it was here she had planned her flight into the arms of her mysterious lover." When Lizzie Martin arrives in London in 1864 to become a lady's companion, her first impressions are disturbing. She's barely out of the station when her cab encounters a wagon carrying the remains of a young woman recently dead. At her new home, Lizzie learns that her predecessor, Madeleine Hexham, disappeared without a word of warning. Despite rumors of immoral behavior surrounding the girl's departure, Lizzie is soon persuaded that there's a deeper mystery here. Her suspicions are tragically confirmed when Inspector Benjamin Ross delivers shocking tidings. Lizzie is determined to unravel the truth about the lost Miss Hexham. As, too, is Ben Ross: a man who cares about justice, whatever the class of victim. But they must tread carefully, as a cornered killer is the most dangerous of all...

The Old Rogue of Limehouse
The Old Rogue of Limehouse

Author: Ann Granger

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2023-07-06

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 147229016X

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Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie return in Ann Granger's gripping ninth Victorian mystery. It is the summer of 1871 when Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross pays a visit to Jacob Jacobus, the old rogue of Limehouse: infamous antiquarian, friend to villains and informer to the police. Ben hopes to glean information about any burglaries that might take place now that the wealthiest echelons of society are back in London for the Season. Little does he realise that an audacious theft has already occurred - a priceless family heirloom, the Roxby emerald necklace, has been stolen from a dressing table in the Roxby residence, and the widowed Mrs Roxby is demanding its immediate return. Ben's day gets worse when he and his wife Lizzie are interrupted that evening by the news that Jacob Jacobus has been found dead in his room with his throat slit from ear to ear ... Surely the two crimes cannot be connected? But with Ben's meticulous investigative skills and Lizzie's relentless curiosity, it is only a matter of time before the tragic truth is revealed . . .

A Rare Interest In Corpses
A Rare Interest In Corpses

Author: Ann Granger

Publisher: Canelo

Published: 2020-02-03

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1788638395

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A classic mystery from “an accomplished veteran . . . [ who] knows her history and relates it with charm in this peek at Victorian morals and foibles” (Kirkus Reviews). It is 1864 when Lizzie Martin takes up the post of lady’s companion to a wealthy widow who is also a slum landlord. Lizzie is intrigued to learn that her predecessor as companion had disappeared, supposedly having run off with an unknown man. But when the girl's body is found in the rubble of one of the recently demolished slums around the prestigious new railway station at St Pancras, Lizzie begins to wonder exactly what has been going on. With the help of her childhood friend, Inspector Benjamin Ross, Lizzie begins to investigate, risking her life to unearth the truth about the death of a girl whose fate seems interlinked with her own. “Historical mystery fans will appreciate the great attention Granger pays to period detail as she evokes a suitably gritty nineteenth-century London.” —Booklist

Found Drowned
Found Drowned

Author: BK Duncan

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2018-02-27

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1913682749

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In 1920 London, a female coroner’s officer seeks answers when a boy’s body is found in the Thames . . . A body has emerged from the dark depths of the river. It’s not an uncommon occurrence—but May Keaps takes every case seriously, especially when the deceased is a child. Was he simply playing too recklessly in the water, or is there more to the story? May knows that when children go missing, the reason is often linked to money. But she is in danger of underestimating the corrupting influence of power. On streets where poverty and exploitation walk hand-in-hand, everyone has a price—and some are more valuable dead than alive. But who is pulling the strings? May must journey into the dark underbelly of London—a world of smuggling, prostitution, and murder—to find the answers . . . “A wonderful heroine.” —Andrew Taylor, Diamond Dagger Award–winning author of The Ashes of London

Foul Trade
Foul Trade

Author: BK Duncan

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1913682692

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Amid London’s docks and dark alleys, a coroner’s officer investigates a murder: “A wonderful heroine . . . a side of the 1920s we don't usually see.” —Andrew Taylor, Diamond Dagger Award–winning author of The King’s Evil The poverty, drunken fights between visiting sailors, drug trafficking, and criminal gangs haunting the shadows of the busiest docks in the world mean that the Coroner sees more than its fair share of sudden and unnatural deaths. But Coroner’s Officer May Keaps has never failed to provide a jury with sufficient evidence to arrive at a just verdict. May relishes the responsibility placed upon her—but there are many who believe it’s an unsuitable job for a woman. Even May begins to wonder if that’s the case when the discovery of a young man's body, in a Limehouse alley, plunges her into an underworld of opium dens, gambling, turf wars, protection rackets and murder—and she fears ending up on one of her own mortuary slabs…

The Truth-Seeker's Wife
The Truth-Seeker's Wife

Author: Ann Granger

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2021-07-08

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1472270665

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Death descends on the New Forest in Ann Granger's gripping eighth Victorian mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie. It is Spring 1871 when Lizzie Ross accompanies her formidable Aunt Parry on a restorative trip to the south coast. Lizzie's husband, Ben, is kept busy at Scotland Yard and urges his wife to stay out of harm's way. But when Lizzie and her aunt are invited to dine with other guests at the home of wealthy landowner Sir Henry Meager, and he is found shot dead in his bed the next morning, no one feels safe. On Lizzie's last visit to the New Forest, another gruesome murder took place, and the superstitious locals now see her as a bad omen. But Lizzie suspects that Sir Henry had a number of bitter enemies, many of whom might have wanted him dead. And once Ben arrives to help with the investigation, he and Lizzie must work together to expose Sir Henry's darkest secrets and a ruthless killer intent on revenge...

Golden Hill
Golden Hill

Author: Francis Spufford

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-06-27

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1501163876

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Originally published: Great Britain: Faber & Faber, 2016.

The Book of Buried Treasure
The Book of Buried Treasure

Author: Ralph Delahaye Paine

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-21

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13:

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"The Book of Buried Treasure" by Ralph Delahaye Paine. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.